1. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SECTION 3: THE DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS
CHAPTER 1 NOTES
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SECTION 3: THE DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS

2. CIVICS: STUDY OF RIGHTS & DUTIES OF CITIZENS
HISTORY: ANCIENT GREECE & ROME
CITIZENSHIP DEFINED IN HISTORY BY RACE, PROPERTY, GENDER ETC
2DAY NO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME ACTIVITIES
CITIZENS: SOCIAL CONTRACT

3. E PLURIBUS UNUM OUT OF MANY, ONE DIVERSITY OF AMERICANS
MELTING POT THEORY

4. A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS FIRST IMMIGRANTS PERHAPS WERE NATIVE AMERICANS
TRAVELED BY WAY OF BERINGIA OR THE PRESENT DAY BERING STRAIGHT
PRE HISTORIC TIMES

5. SECOND WAVE
SPANISH
1500S
FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST

6. THIRD WAVE
ENGLISH - 13 COLONIES
FRENCH - CANADA & MISS RIVER
1600S

7. FOURTH WAVE LATE 1600S & 1700S GERMANS: PENN DUTCH: NEW NETHERLANDS
IRISH: NE
SCOTISH: NC & SC

8. FIFTH WAVE
EUROPEANS 1860S TO 1890
DENMARK
SWEDEN
NORWAY

9. SIXTH WAVE SOUTHERN & EASTERN EUROPEANS 1890S 1924
ITALIANS, GREEKS, POLES, RUSSIANS

10. FORCED IMMIGRATION
1618 TO 1808
BECAME ILLEGAL IN 1808

11. DIVERSITY RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY ETHNIC DIVERSITY
WHITE EUROPEAN: 234 MILLION
AFRICAN AMERICAN 37 MILLION
LATINO AMERICAN 39 MILLION
ASIAN/PACIFIC IS 12 MILLION
NATIVE AMERICAN 2.8 MILLION
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
CHRISTIANS
CATHOLIC
JEWISH
MUSLIM
BUDDHIST
ETC

12. MANY TRADITIONS
MELTING POT THEORY
SALAD BOWL THEORY

13. TRANSFORMING AMERICA: SHIFTING POPULATION
IMMIGRANTS
1850S RURAL TO URBAN
AGRI TO FACTORY JOBS
TODAY FACTORY TO SERVICE INDUSTRY
1860S AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVE NORTH
1900S MOVE TO SOUTH AND WEST
1980S-1990S CITY TO SUBURBS
IMPORTANT TO ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT:

14. POPULATION FACELIFT POPULATION IS AGING ED IS INCREASING
LATINO’S FASTEST GROWING MINORITY GROUP
AFFECT ECONOMY +/-
AFFECT REP IN CONGRESS +/-

15. AMERICAN VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS

16. AMERICAN VALUES BASIC AMERICAN VALUES SHARED BY MOST AMERICAN CITIZENS
FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY, DEMCRACY, UNITY, RESPECT & TOLERANCE
FOUND IN FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
DECLARATION, US CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS

17. AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS
FAMILY: TODAY’S ISSUES
RELIGION: TODAY’S ISSUES
EDUCATION: TODAY’S ISSUES
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: TODAY’S ISSUES
GOVERNMENT: TODAY’S ISSUES

18. TODAY VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS UNIFY OUR PEOPLE
LANGUAGE
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURE